Ralphius - Three Year Chambourcin/Bourbon
Free Will Brewing Co.
- From:
- Free Will Brewing Co.
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 14.7%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.33 | pDev: 4.85%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 20, 2025
- Added:
- Nov 24, 2023
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Imperial Stout Aged 18 Months in a Bourbon Barrel and an Additional 18 Months in a Penn's Woods Chambourcin Wine Barrel
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thebeers from Pennsylvania
4.32/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.32/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours black with a thin, mocha head that quickly settles into a modest, soap bubble crown.
Caramel, vanilla, red wine and brownie batter in the nose. Comes across almost as an English barleywine / imperial stout cuvée.
Much darker tasting, with strong alcohol, black licorice and tobacco, with the wine, caramel and chocolate behind.
Superb thick, chewy mouthfeel with tight carbonation.
Really excellent variant in the hairy, old-school Ralph school. Delicious.
Apr 20, 2025Caramel, vanilla, red wine and brownie batter in the nose. Comes across almost as an English barleywine / imperial stout cuvée.
Much darker tasting, with strong alcohol, black licorice and tobacco, with the wine, caramel and chocolate behind.
Superb thick, chewy mouthfeel with tight carbonation.
Really excellent variant in the hairy, old-school Ralph school. Delicious.
Reviewed by DIM from Pennsylvania
4.54/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.54/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
This is lovely! Lots of roasty cocoa along with lesser amounts of grape juice and molasses. The wine barrels add a wonderful, lingering vinous note while the bourbon barrels barely register in the background. Great beer.
Apr 21, 2024
Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania
4.47/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.47/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
375 ml bottle
Pours black, with thin tan colored head. Fades to a thin ring around the glass that sticks. Aroma is toasty, cocoa, dark caramel, woody, vinous, almost smokey. Similar flavors in the taste, with a fairly dry finish. Quite complex. As with all variants, a full body and silky mouthfeel.
Apr 20, 2024Pours black, with thin tan colored head. Fades to a thin ring around the glass that sticks. Aroma is toasty, cocoa, dark caramel, woody, vinous, almost smokey. Similar flavors in the taste, with a fairly dry finish. Quite complex. As with all variants, a full body and silky mouthfeel.
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